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Translated
by E.A. Wallis Budge HYMN
TO OSIRIS
"Homage to thee, Osiris, Lord of eternity, King of the Gods, whose
names are manifold, whose forms are holy, thou being of hidden form
in the temples, whose Ka is holy. Thou art the governor of Tattu (Busiris),
and also the mighty one in Sekhem (Letopolis). Thou art the Lord to
whom praises are ascribed in the nome of Ati, thou art the Prince of
divine food in Anu. Thou art the Lord who is commemorated in Maati,
the Hidden Soul, the Lord of Qerrt (Elephantine), the Ruler supreme
in White Wall (Memphis). Thou art the Soul of Ra, his own body, and
hast thy place of rest in Henensu (Herakleopolis). Thou art the beneficent
one, and art praised in Nart.
Thou makest
thy soul to be raised up. Thou art the Lord of the Great House in Khemenu
(Hermopolis). Thou art the mighty one of victories in Shas-hetep, the
Lord of eternity, the Governor of Abydos. The path of his throne is
in Ta-tcheser (a part of Abydos). Thy name is established in the mouths
of men. Thou art the substance of Two Lands (Egypt). Thou art Tem, the
feeder of Kau (Doubles), the Governor of the Companies of the gods.
Thou art the beneficent Spirit among the spirits. The god of the Celestial
Ocean (Nu) draweth from thee his waters. Thou sendest forth the north
wind at eventide, and breath from thy nostrils to the satisfaction of
thy heart. Thy heart reneweth its youth, thou producest the....
The stars
in the celestial heights are obedient unto thee, and the great doors
of the sky open themselves before thee. Thou art he to whom praises
are ascribed in the southern heaven, and thanks are given for thee in
the northern heaven. The imperishable stars are under thy supervision,
and the stars which never set are thy thrones. Offerings appear before
thee at the decree of Keb. The Companies of the Gods praise thee, and
the gods of the Tuat (Other World) smell the earth in paying homage
to thee. The uttermost parts of the earth bow before thee, and the limits
of the skies entreat thee with supplications when they see thee. The
holy ones are overcome before thee, and all Egypt offereth thanksgiving
unto thee when it meeteth Thy Majesty. Thou art a shining Spirit-Body,
the governor of Spirit-Bodies; permanent is thy rank, established is
thy rule.
Thou art
the well-doing Sekhem (Power) of the Company of the Gods, gracious is
thy face, and beloved by him that seeth it. Thy fear is set in all the
lands by reason of thy perfect love, and they cry out to thy name making
it the first of names, and all people make offerings to thee. Thou art
the lord who art commemorated in heaven and upon earth. Many are the
cries which are made to thee at the Uak festival, and with one heart
and voice Egypt raiseth cries of joy to thee. "Thou art the Great
Chief, the first among thy brethren, the Prince of the Company of the
Gods, the stablisher of Right and Truth throughout the World, the Son
who was set on the great throne of his father Keb.
Thou art
the beloved of thy mother Nut, the mighty one of valour, who overthrew
the Sebau-fiend. Thou didst stand up and smite thine enemy, and set
thy fear in thine adversary. Thou dost bring the boundaries of the mountains.
Thy heart is fixed, thy legs are set firm. Thou art the heir of Keb
and of the sovereignty of the Two Lands (Egypt). He (Keb) hath seen
his splendours, he hath decreed for him the guidance of the world by
thy hand as long as times endure. Thou hast made this earth with thy
hand, and the waters, and the winds, and the vegetation, and all the
cattle, and all the feathered fowl, and all the fish, and all the creeping
things, and all the wild animals thereof.
The desert
is the lawful possession of the son of Nut. The Two Lands (Egypt) are
content to crown thee upon the throne of thy father, like Ra. "Thou
rollest up into the horizon, thou hast set light over the darkness,
thou sendest forth air from thy plumes, and thou floodest the Two Lands
like the Disk at daybreak. Thy crown penetrateth the height of heaven,
thou art the companion of the stars, and the guide of every god. Thou
art beneficent in decree and speech, the favoured one of the Great Company
of the Gods, and the beloved of the Little Company of the Gods. His
sister [Isis] hath protected him, and hath repulsed the fiends, and
turned aside calamities (of evil). She uttered the spell with the magical
power of her mouth. Her tongue was perfect, and it never halted at a
word.
Beneficent
in command and word was Isis, the woman of magical spells, the advocate
of her brother. She sought him untiringly, she wandered round and round
about this earth in sorrow, and she alighted not without finding him.
She made light with her feathers, she created air with her wings, and
she uttered the death wail for her brother. She raised up the inactive
members of whose heart was still, she drew from him his essence, she
made an heir, she reared the child in loneliness, and the place where
he was not known, and he grew in strength and stature, and his hand
was mighty in the House of Keb. The Company of the Gods rejoiced, rejoiced,
at the coming of Horus, the son of Osiris, whose heart was firm, the
triumphant, the son of Isis, the heir of Osiris."
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